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• Fall ’26 Update: Lots of Freebies!
  3w ago · 3 min
  I’m back to provide an update on the development of the 3rd and 4th entries in The League of Dark Few zine series (the Kickstarter stretch goals). Also, check out the bottom of...
• Steal My Prep: "The Dark Carnival of Tattered Souls"
  3mo ago · 33 min
  I'm back with an odd one today, a look at a completely unpolished home game adventure that I ran at my weekly Gongfarmer event. It's a sandbox adventured I called "The Dark...
• System Design: Does Mindset Matter More Than Mechanics?
  3mo ago · 4 min
  A short feedback discussion, after a recent playtest session I was a part of, leads me to pondering what the expectations of the audience of a system hack are.More
• On Sewers in OSR Cities
  5mo ago · 9 min
  The nagging question that hangs over the head of anyone running or designing a mid-to-large-sized OSR city is what to do if a character wants to head into the sewers?More
• Roster-Style Campaigns (Simplified Multi-Character Play for Faction-Based Campaigns in DCC)
  7mo ago · 6 min
  My working rules for a new style of faction-led campaign play that I am tentatively calling "Roster Play."More
• Detail is Debt: Making Your Favorite Settlement Map Gameable
  8mo ago · 4 min
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  Why you should avoid the temptation to map every square inch of your favorite fantasy city and instead lean into a lower-fidelity representation of it instead.More
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  • Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days (Blogwagon Roundup) · Prismatic Wasteland
  • Against Maps · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
  • Shiny TTRPG links #266 · Seed of Worlds
• Running the League of Dark Few In Your Favorite Fantasy City
  8mo ago · 5 min
  So you took the pledge! Great, now you need to figure out which city your Vulgar Manse calls home. Luckily, the League of Dark Few has been designed to fit within most fantasy...
• Running a City, the Ultimate OSR Sandbox
  9mo ago · 12 min
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  Following my article on running sandbox adventures, I share practical tips for running OSR city-based campaigns. Often considered the hardest challenge for GMs, I share my prep...
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #261 · Seed of Worlds
• Cursed Scroll 6, the Best Yet?
  10mo ago · 8 min
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  I give my impression of Shadowdark's Cursed Scroll #6, and walk through how I would prep "The City of Masks" to run as a sandbox. More
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #260 · Seed of Worlds
• How Did Gary Think People Would Play D&D?
  10mo ago · 16 min
  I take a deep look at the article that inspired the Gygax '75 Challenge to understand how D&D's original creator viewed campaign design and world building.More